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Putin Warns West of Nuclear Consequences in Ukraine Crisis

MOSCOW, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday delivered a nuclear warning to the West over Ukraine, suspending a landmark nuclear arms control treaty, announcing new strategic systems had been put on combat duty and warning that Moscow could resume nuclear tests. Speaking nearly a year to the day since ordering an […]

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Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine transit rises

LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Gas supply from Russia to Europe via Ukraine rose on Wednesday morning for the first time in weeks, as price spreads turned more favourable to incentivise flows. Russia’s Gazprom said it will ship 29.4 million cubic metres (mcm) of gas to Europe through Ukraine via the Sudzha entry point, up […]

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Western allies differ over jets for Ukraine as Russia claims

Biden says “no” when asked about F-16s for Ukraine Zelenskiy says Moscow seeks ‘big revenge’ Russian administrator claims foothold in Vuhledar Kyiv could recapture ground when Western weapons arrive – group KYIV, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s defence minister is expected in Paris on Tuesday to meet President Emmanuel Macron amid a debate among Kyiv’s […]

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Ukraine war to accelerate shift to clean energy, BP says

LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Russia’s war in Ukraine is expected to weigh on long-term energy demand and accelerate the world’s shift to renewables and low-carbon power as countries boost domestic energy supplies, BP (BP.L) said in a report on Monday. In its benchmark 2023 Energy Outlook, BP Plc said the Ukraine war will slow […]

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Try harder to make peace plan work, Ukraine’s first lady tells

ZURICH, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s western allies might bridge delays in implementing a 10-point peace plan that the country has put forward, if each country takes responsibility for one part, the first lady in Kyiv said in an interview published on Saturday. Olena Zelenska spoke from the World Economic Forum in Davos as Western […]

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Serbia asks Russia to end recruitment of its people for Ukraine

BELGRADE, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Russia should halt its efforts to recruit Serbs to fight alongside its Wagner paramilitary group in Ukraine, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said. Vucic criticised Russia’s websites and social media groups for publishing advertisements in the Serbian language in which the Wagner group calls volunteers to join its ranks. “Why do […]

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Norway naval officer goes on trial over oil tanker collision

OSLO, Jan 16 (Reuters) – A Norwegian naval officer stands trial on Monday accused of negligence that led to the 2018 collision between a warship he commanded and an oil tanker in which the military vessel sank. Building a replacement for the lost Helge Ingstad frigate would cost up to 13 billion crowns ($1.3 billion), […]

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Ukrainian soldier reunites with family over Christmas call from

KHARKIV/KOSTIANTYNIVKA, Ukraine Dec 25 (Reuters) – Leonid Onyshchenko, a gruff-voiced 63-year-old Ukrainian soldier with a thick moustache, has spent many a Christmas away from his family, but hearing his little grandson Petro’s voice over the phone from far away is as hard as ever. Onyshchchenko joined the territorial defence force after Moscow’s February invasion, and […]

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Norway’s Seadrill to buy UK’s Aquadrill in all-stock deal

Dec 23 (Reuters) – Norwegian offshore driller Seadrill Ltd (SDRL.OL) has entered into an agreement to buy Aquadrill LLC in an all-stock deal that values the British firm at $958 million, the companies said on Friday. As part of the deal, the unitholders of the UK-based offshore driller Aquadrill will receive about 30.65 million shares […]

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Russia attacks in east Ukraine but Kremlin appears to limit war

Russia deploying reserves near Luhansk, governor says POW swap of basketball player Griner for arms dealer Bout Putin says Sea of Azov is now Russia’s “internal sea” Russia says shoots down drone near Crimea Putin compares himself to Peter the Great By Vladyslav Smilianets NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Russian forces attacked settlements […]